black friday 2009

    By Josh Smith

    | 2:30PM 11/03/2009
    Today at WalletPop we have a special treat. We packed our backpack, grabbed an oxygen tank and took off to the top of Deal Mountain in search of Coupon Sherpa, a master of deals who answers questions about deals at the Ask Coupon Sherpa Blog, to find out how he does it and share with you his 6 tips...

    By Laura Heller

    | 9:45AM 10/29/2009
    Sears is greeting our collective obsession with deals with open arms. Rather than waiting until after Thanksgiving, Sears is offering doorbusters each week until Christmas. Starting this Friday, October 30. According to the company, the sale starts this week on Friday at 5 p.m. and extends...

    By Josh Smith

    | 3:40PM 10/22/2009
    UPDATE: Just like the leaked ad for Apple proved to be a disappointment, Office Max has informed WalletPop that the leaked ad for Office Max is in fact a forgery. It's a shame that the ad wasn't real because it would have been the cheapest place to get a netbook on Black Friday. Admit it.: ever...

    By Josh Smith

    | 2:30PM 10/13/2009
    Thanksgiving has become known to shoppers as one of the best days to buy stuff online, but like most conventional wisdom about shopping it's actually not the best day to buy online. According to research done by Yahoo, online retailers saw a 147% increase in purchases on Black Friday compared to...

    By Josh Smith

    | 1:00PM 10/02/2009
    The day after Thanksgiving is both the best shopping day of the year or the worst. Combine a store offering its lowest prices all year with a crowd of anxious, cash-strapped consumers who've been standing in line for many pre-dawn hours, and you're asking for trouble. Last year, we saw how...

    By Josh Smith

    | 8:01AM 9/10/2009
    It's that time of year, ladies and gentlemen! Time to crack open your budgeting software or look at your Christmas Club account and figure out how much money you are going to spend on Black Friday! Sure it's just a few days past Labor Day, but that doesn't mean we don't have some juicy Black...